Lee’s review published on Letterboxd:
My familiarity with the legendary status of Sesame Street is non-existent and my knowledge of The Muppets only amounts to two of the films, yet this documentary struck me like I didn’t think it could. The charisma of its focus is electrifying as we learn the extent of his passion and the warmness his success in puppetering brings to so many is enchanting, but the true power of the documentary culminates to the way it introduces its viewer to the stature of its target and despite unfamiliar events for some it always remains peculiar and absorbing in its methods. We feel the enchantment that Kevin Clash, the master puppeteer behind Elmo, has developed over the years and we feel the immense joy that his luck in his defining years – his introduction to Kermit Love (a remarkable designer of the time) a particular highlight, to whom Clash describes as somewhat of a grandfather figure – has brought to his life. It’s people such as Kevin Clash, so emancipated by the delightful essence of life, which make Being Elmo the encapsulating puzzle it is.